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Honey Poppy Seed Dressing

"This is an easy dressing to make that is great over fruit. Just put it in a jar, shake, and it's ready to go. A little goes a long way, and really enhances most fruits, especially oranges, grapes and apples."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Why it works: Honey and poppy seed work together. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and 91 recipes mention both. Both carry 1-octen-3-ol, which smells mushroom, earthy. The science ↓

The recipe

8 servings
Prep10 min

Ingredients

Contains: soy, fish, sesame (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. In a medium bowl, whisk together the honey, apple cider vinegar, paprika and Worcestershire sauce until smooth.

  2. Slowly drizzle in the vegetable oil while whisking constantly until the dressing looks thick and well combined.

  3. Stir in the poppy seeds and sesame seeds until evenly distributed throughout the dressing.

  4. Transfer to a jar or airtight container, seal, and refrigerate until ready to serve. Shake or whisk again before using.

By allrecipes. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Honey + poppy seedtop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together91 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  2. Poppy seed + sesametop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together106 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  3. Honey + apple cider vinegartop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together169 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity).

  4. Honey + sesametop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together527 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl pentanoate (yeast, fruit).

  5. Sesame + saucetop 9% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together921 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs